bob ref¶
Find, list, read, rename, and plan references for today; sync Highlights PDFs into them
bob ref --help
Find, list, read, rename, and plan Bob reference notes for today, and sync Highlights PDFs into them
Usage: bob ref [OPTIONS] <COMMAND>
Library:
find Look up URLs, arXiv IDs, DOIs, paths, or titles in the library
list List notes by reading state, status, type, origin, or date
migrate-tasks Move open ref tasks into parent notes; dry run unless --write
migrate-zorg Migrate zorg-era records to ref/zorg/; dry run unless --write
rename Rename a reference's files and update every link to it
show Show notes with metadata, annotations, and your own notes
today Pull a reference's reading task into today's Pomodoro (sets it
Next)
Highlights pipeline:
create Create a Highlights-ready PDF from a vault note, Markdown, a PDF, or a
URL
doctor Check library health and Highlights sync prerequisites
jobs Queue and clip reading-queue links in the background
marker Inspect the marker note for one PDF
scan Scan the configured Highlights library
sync Sync one PDF marker note into its Bob reference note
Options:
-n, --no-hooks Ignore the configured highlights.pre_scan_hook
-h, --help Print help
Examples:
bob ref find https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.03762 Is this paper already in the library?
bob ref list Show the reading queue
bob ref list -R finished -S 30d Show what was finished in the last 30 days
bob ref rename <REF> <NAME> -d Preview renaming a reference's files
bob ref show ea_graph -c Read your comments on one reference
bob ref today <REF> -p reading Pull a reference into today's Pomodoro
bob ref create <URL|PDF|MD> -L Capture a reference and narrate it
bob ref scan Sync Highlights PDFs into reference notes
bob ref scan -i File queued xlib/ PDFs into the library